Canucks by the numbers: Club in a funk? Well that figure

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The Vancouver Canucks’ 5-10-2 record is lousy.

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They cannot kill the penalties. They are not running away from problems.

And the playoffs quickly look like nothing more than a dream. Again.

Here’s a look at the situation.

40

The minimum number of points expected at this time that a team will need to reach the playoffs next spring is 92 points. The Canucks have 12.

They will need the equivalent of 40 wins in their 65 games remaining this season. That is a difficult task. They haven’t racked up a winning percentage like that all season since 2014-15.

13

With your team bogged down to a 2-11 start on Feb. 13 and a lot of noise about the future of Canucks management, does that sound familiar? – Canucks owner Franscesco Aquilini took to Twitter to endorse general manager Jim Benning and head coach Travis Green.

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“I have complete confidence in Jim, Travis and this group. I have no plans to make changes, “he said.

Since then, the Canucks have won 13 times in regulation time.

27

According to data compiled by Clear Sight Analytics, the data collection and analysis agency run by former NHL goalkeeper Steve Valliquette, the Canucks are the sixth worst in the NHL in the quality of the shot attempts they are conceding to the opposition when measured by expected goals. (Expected goals measure the probability that a goal will be scored by a particular shot, based on data collected over the past 14 years or so.)

And on offense this season they are the seventh worst to generate quality shots from the rush.

Last season they were the worst in the league in both categories.

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Two years ago, he was 18th in the league in expected goals for and 28th in expected goals against.

In 2019-20, we’d say the Canucks played “fast.” No one would argue the same about this season.

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4

According to Sportnet’s research department, the Canucks are the first team to allow multiple power goals in four consecutive games twice in the same season since 2005-06.

The difficulties of his death penalty are historic.

52.5

The Canucks have killed just 52.5 percent of their penalties in the past 10 games, the second-worst stretch of its kind in team history.

Barely. From January 4 to 26, 1979, the Canucks killed only 52.2 percent of their penalties. They finished 25-42-13 that year.

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50/50

There’s at least one good thing for the Canucks: They’re donating team profits. of your 50/50 contest sales from the three games in the current home run – Wednesday’s loss to Colorado and Friday’s games against Winnipeg and Sunday’s games against Chicago – to relief efforts in Abbotsford, Fraser Valley and across the province.

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